9509915

Image Processing Apparatus, Image Processing Method, and Program for Displaying an Image Based on a Manipulation Target Image and an Image Based on a Manipulation Target Region

PublishedNovember 29, 2016
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InventorsOsamu Shigeta
Technical Abstract

Patent Claims
23 claims

Legal claims defining the scope of protection, as filed with the USPTO.

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1. An information processing system comprising: processing circuitry configured to: control a display to display an image generated based on a manipulation target image and an image based on a manipulation target region that is set based on a detection of an object included in acquired image data, wherein the manipulation target image includes a first area including a first manipulation target object capable of being manipulated by a detected input, and a second area including a second manipulation target object not capable of being manipulated by the detected input, and the processing circuitry is configured to control the display to display at least a portion of the acquired image data in the first and second areas, wherein a predetermined effect is applied to the displayed at least a portion of the acquired image data to differentiate the at least a portion of the acquired image data displayed in the first area from the at least a portion of the acquired image data displayed in the second area.

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2. The information processing system of claim 1 , wherein the processing circuitry is configured to control the display to display at least a portion of the acquired image data that includes the detected object together with the manipulation target region.

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3. The information processing system of claim 1 , wherein the processing circuitry is configured to detect a hand in the acquired image data, and set the manipulation target region based on the detection of the hand.

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4. The information processing system of claim 3 , wherein the processing circuitry is configured to set the manipulation target region based on at least one of a size and a position of the hand detected in the image data.

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5. The information processing system of claim 3 , wherein the processing circuitry is configured to set, as the manipulation target region, a region having a size including the detected hand, which is smaller than a size corresponding to the acquired image data.

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6. The information processing system of claim 1 , wherein the processing circuitry is configured to detect a face in the acquired image data, and set the manipulation target region based on the detection of the face.

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7. The information processing system of claim 6 , wherein the processing circuitry is configured to set the manipulation target region based on at least one of a size and a position of the detected face.

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8. The information processing system of claim 6 , wherein the processing circuitry is configured to set, as the manipulation target region, a region having a size including the detected face, which is smaller than a size corresponding to the acquired image data.

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9. The information processing system of claim 6 , wherein the processing circuitry is configured to: identify a user corresponding to the detected face; acquire information indicating a handedness of the identified user; and set the manipulation target region based on the handedness of the user.

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10. The information processing system of claim 6 , wherein the processing circuitry is configured to detect a user's posture from the acquired image data, and set the manipulation target region based on the detected posture and a position of the detected face in the acquired image data.

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11. The information processing system of claim 1 , wherein the processing circuitry is configured to detect at least one of a movement and shape of the object in the acquired image data, and set the manipulation target region based on the detected at least one of the movement and shape of the object.

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12. The information processing system of claim 1 , wherein the manipulation target image includes a plurality of selectable manipulation target objects, and the processing circuitry is configured to detect, as an input to the manipulation target image, a selection of one of the plurality of selectable manipulation target objects.

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13. The information processing system of claim 1 , wherein the processing circuitry is configured to detect a gesture input based on the acquired image data.

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14. The information processing system of claim 1 , wherein the processing circuitry is configured to control the display to display at least a portion of the acquired image data in the first area and not display any of the image data in the second area.

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15. The information processing system of claim 1 , wherein the processing circuitry is configured to: detect a second object in the acquired image data; set a second manipulation target region based on the detection of the second object from the acquired image data; and control the display to display notification indicating a change from the manipulation target region to the second manipulation target region.

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16. The information processing system of claim 15 , wherein the processing circuitry is configured to control the display to display the notification by performing a zoom-in and zoom-out on at least a portion of the acquired image data displayed on the display.

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17. The information processing system of claim 1 , wherein the processing circuitry is configured to control the display to output a notification that the detected object is outside or close to an edge of a range for detecting an input to the manipulation target image based on the acquired image data.

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18. The information processing system of claim 17 , wherein the processing circuitry is configured to control the display to output instructions indicating a direction that the detected object should move to be located in the range for detecting an input to the manipulation target image.

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19. The information processing system of claim 1 , wherein the processing circuitry is configured to set the manipulation target region to have an area covering an entire area of the display.

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20. The information processing system of claim 1 , wherein the processing circuitry is configured to set the manipulation target region to have a larger area than the entire area of the display.

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21. The information processing system of claim 1 , wherein the processing circuitry is configured to detect an input to the manipulation target image based on the acquired image data.

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22. A method performed by an information processing system, the method comprising: controlling a display to display an image generated based on a manipulation target image and an image based on a manipulation target region that is set based on a detection of an object included in acquired image data, wherein the manipulation target image includes a first area including a first manipulation target object capable of being manipulated by a detected input, and a second area including a second manipulation target object not capable of being manipulated by the detected input, and controlling the display includes the display to display at least a portion of the acquired image data in the first and second areas, wherein a predetermined effect is applied to the displayed at least a portion of the acquired image data to differentiate the at least a portion of the acquired image data displayed in the first area from the at least a portion of the acquired image data displayed in the second area.

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23. A non-transitory computer-readable medium including computer-program instructions, which when executed by an information processing system, cause the information processing system to: control a display to display an image generated based on a manipulation target image and an image based on a manipulation target region that is set based on a detection of an object included in acquired image data, wherein the manipulation target image includes a first area including a first manipulation target object capable of being manipulated by a detected input, and a second area including a second manipulation target object not capable of being manipulated by the detected input, and control the display includes control the display to display at least a portion of the acquired image data in the first and second areas, wherein a predetermined effect is applied to the displayed at least a portion of the acquired image data to differentiate the at least a portion of the acquired image data displayed in the first area from the at least a portion of the acquired image data displayed in the second area.

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November 29, 2016

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Osamu Shigeta

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